re̛t̨ur͏n? [✦] w͢aiti̴ng̀ f͜o̷r̀ ̕love͘

[elijah]

[div style="margin: 0 auto; border-width:0; width: 70%; text-align: justify; font-family: arial; line-height: 1.5; font-size: 9pt;"]Funnily enough, Elijah is still looking for her. He still remembers his conversation with Raziel and how he was looking for the child. He was struck with compassion. Having no blood related family around anymore, he was willing to protect the families of others. It was the least he could do. Maybe...maybe in searching for the family members of others...he can find his own siblings and Marcellus. They might pay it forward, do him a favour in return. So when the sound of the bell rings, Elijah promptly stands up and moves towards the railroad. Sometimes, because of habit, his own wing begins to spread out and be ready for flight, only for the boy to remember that he has lost one from a hostage situation. Elijah bites his inner cheek, discomforted by the reminder but not allowing any more time to waste as he moves across the forest. He scrunches his nose at the lingering smell of ashes, frowning slightly at fallen trees and the sight of birds picking at carcasses. A crow looks at him before greedily glancing at one of the rats that were accompanying him. Defensively, the boy snarls and the bird immediately backs away. Although his affinity was with rats, Elijah was still the demidemon of infestation. Any kind of pest was wise enough to at least partially listen to him. He was their superiors.

He blinks in surprise at the glowing girl before suddenly beaming in happiness. He remembers she used to glow. He remembers that she is... Suvi! This was Suvi if he remembers right! Elijah picks up his pace, faster than he would for any stranger, faster than his thoughts could form. It was as if he has been overwhelmed by a tsunami of positive emotions. "You're Suvi, right?" Elijah asks, getting ahead of himself that he doesn't even recognise the Tanglewood sticking to her coat. "Raziel said he was looking for you and... — hey, are you okay? I should probably have asked where you've been all this time. Is-is everything alright?"